Automotive Parts Specialist - Logistics

Salary: circa £40,000 p/a + 15% bonus (additional £6,000). Salary may be negotiable
Location: Rugby

The Role

This is an OEM-side warehouse/3PL operations role with real ownership, rather than a conventional warehouse job. The position is based at a UK warehouse in Rugby, and you will effectively be the company’s representative on site, acting as the main interface between the business and its third-party logistics provider. You will oversee and challenge the 3PL provider: monitoring receiving, put-away, storage, picking, packing, dispatch and returns and making sure the logistics partner is performing against its contract and SLAs.

Duties

• There is a genuine operational problem-solving role and a large part of the job is dealing with things that have gone wrong — urgent orders, backorders, incorrect shipments, shortages, damage and stock discrepancies.
• The job specifically works across Supply Chain, Aftersales, Finance, IT and the 3PL operation. They would also look for ways of making the operation faster, more accurate or less expensive.
• Look at the previous week's warehouse performance: Were orders dispatched on time? How accurate was picking? Were parts put away quickly enough? Are there backorders or urgent dealer orders outstanding? Are there any stock discrepancies?
• The role specifically tracks put-away lead time, on-time dispatch, picking accuracy and inventory accuracy. They'd then speak with the 3PL team about problems and agree what needs attention that week.
• Walk the warehouse checking inbound parts, storage, picking, packing and dispatch processes. A dealer may have received the wrong component, a shipment may be short or damaged, or the system may show stock that can't actually be found. The Parts Specialist investigates what happened and coordinates the solution.
• Stock & Inventory reviewing inventory accuracy, cycle counts and discrepancies with the 3PL The role supports both cycle counts and the annual stocktake
• Improvements. Talk to Aftersales about an urgent dealer requirement, Supply Chain about incoming stock, Finance about a discrepancy, or IT because something isn't flowing correctly through the system.
• Performance review review the week's KPIs with the 3PL suggest improvements